[Mgs] GPS/Nav in a MG - blind and deaf

[Barrie Robinson]

I have just bought the latest in GPS type systems.  It is only 9" by 
4" and 3/8" thick.  It needs no batteries and takes power from you 
hands as you use it.  It is pretty robust but does not like water and 
may disintegrates if it gets too wet.  Replacing parts is impossible 
but as they are so cheap a new one is the way to  go.  It now has 
wide distribution and I bought mine in a convenience store.  Only 
problem is it cannot be updated but again the cost of them means 
updating with a new one is quite acceptable.  There is a wide range 
covering most of the world.  If you want to buy one the best place to 
go is a stationary store and ask for "Mobile Adaptive Positioning Systems"



At 08:21 PM 7/5/2013 -0400, Paul Osborne wrote:
>Max, I'm with you , never had one or do I need one!!
>
>paul
>On Jul 5, 2013, at 7:02 PM, Max Heim wrote:
>
> > We don't need no stinkin' GPS!
> >
> > Seriously, I don't know how you hear it without using a headphone. In my
>MG,
> > I can't hear my phone's obnoxious ringtone even when it's in my cargo
> > pocket. And the screen/sunlight issue seems hopeless.
> >
> > In the old days we recruited winsome young things, and gave them the title
> > Navigator (whether they could read a map or not).
> >
> > Personally, I don't understand the need for GPS. I have never seen one do
> > anything that 5 minutes of looking at a map before setting out wouldn't
>have
> > accomplished, and without the distraction of fiddling with a device while
> > driving, or taking one's eyes off the road.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Max Heim
> > '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> > If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
> > it's the primer red one with chrome wires
> >
> >
> > on 7/5/13 3:28 PM, Bob Donahue at bobmgtd at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> >> I've been using an older model TomTom in my B and TD. With the top down on
>a
> >> sunny day on the highway, I can't hear the tiny built-in speaker nor see
>the
> >> washed-out screen. My solution was to plug an amplified speaker into the
> >> headphone output. This has worked out very well, I still can't see the
>screen,
> >> but I can hear the spoken directions. I would like to get a new GPS, but
>none
> >> of the new models has a headphone output. (OK, there are a couple of
> >> motorcycle models that still have a headphone output, but they are north
>of
> >> $800!)
> >>
> >> I'm wondering what other MG'ers are doing for GPS - in the sun, on the
> >> highway, with the top down.
> >>
> >> BTW, my hearing and sight are normal, I was just being glib in the subject
> >> line.
> >>
> >> Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
> >> Email - bobmgtd at comcast.net
> >> Cars:       52 MGTD - #17639
> >>               71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
> >> Member:  NEMGTR #11470
> >>               NAMGBR # 7-3336
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> >>               Olde Octagons of Indiana
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Regards

Barrie
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